CloudTalkin

foregoneconclusion said:

CloudTalkin said: That is not a proper way to view Game Pass.  It is the same slanted and incorrect view of Game Pass that you've pushed in another thread.  New consoles and new games have been available for less than a year.  So yeah, the vast majority of games are older.  As new content is intro'd, it will be added.  It's fairly obvious to anyone who's paying attention, Microsoft's main focus is Game Pass, not the consoles.

Microsoft would be shouting from the rooftops that the mobile version of Game Pass would duplicate the Series X gaming library if that's what they intended. There's nothing in the current marketing for mobile that says that. They make a generalized promise that "new games will be added" and nothing more. My point of view is entirely based on the list of games currently available + Microsoft's actual marketing language for the mobile version. Your point of view sounds like it's what you personally believe MS will be doing with the mobile version without any evidence to back it up. 

I said as new games are intro'd, they will be added.  You said they make a generalized promise that "new games will be added".  That's the same thing.  
You actually made two points.  1. The catalog is primarily older games.  This is true, but logical considering where we are in the new console cycle.  It would be impossible for it to be any other way.  2. MS would limit mobile to protect console sales.  Anecdotal evidence says that's not true at all.  The things they're doing say the opposite in fact.

lkrupp said:

tdknox said:

Why not just collect all the taxes from the billionaires that they aren't paying? It will pay for a lot more than just broadband.

The billionaires are already paying the all the taxes they are legally required to pay. If they are using loopholes it’s the same politicians wanting to tax them more that created the loopholes in the first place. So enough with the ‘tax avoidance’ bullshit. If they weren’t legally avoiding those taxes then you might have a case. Getting the politicians to close the loopholes is the big problem. The politicians don’t WANT to close the loopholes because the threat to do so gives them the leverage they need to enrich themselves while in office. It’s all a scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours symbiotic relationship between the wealthy and the politicians.

The politicians also aren't going to close the loopholes because the billionaires and the businesses they represent, that benefit from those loopholes are the very ones enriching the politicians to keep them from closing the loopholes.  It's an ouroboro of corruption and greed.  As long as the billionaires pay and the politicians accept, nothing will change.  Just more partisan lip service to the keep the average citizen frothy and distracted. The math says it's cheaper, easier, and more expedient to bribe lobby a politician than it is to pay more in taxes.  The math also says more lucrative, easier, and more expedient to legislate for the paymaster than it is to legislate for the average constituent.

Ironically and sadly, that math is one of the very few things that crosses party lines.  

lkrupp said:

But, but, but... the other platform is cheaper, better, more ‘customizable’ and cheaper. Oh, I said cheaper twice. Sorry. Why would any corporation NOT go with the world’s most popular mobile operating system by far? I mean, EVERYBODY uses the other platform. What was AA thinking? /s/s/s

Jeebus.  These types of comments reek of childish fanboy behavior.  Trying to couch what amounts to trolling under sarcasm really doesn't work either.  You're not even trying to add to the conversation.  You are better than that.  AA swithching to Apple devices is no surprise since MS doesn't have a phone component on offer to accompany the Surface tablets that were the other option to iPads.  Airlines typically chose iPads or Surface devices for their EFB - Electronic Flight Bag.  "Bag" was the word AI misspelled. Logically, more and more are deciding to use Apple because Apple has an offering that addresses pilot needs as well as other staff.  

Android was never really an option because there's no uniformity of product there beyond Samsung.  

exceptionhandler said:

It’s stuff like this is why I don’t give ANY IoT stuff access to the internet.  Keep it all local, nothing in or out of the firewall to these devices  Have to be on the wifi/network in order to control them.  You lose the convenience of being able to change things while you’re out and about, but it’s a small price to pay to ensure security.  There’s always the possibility of setting a vpn to access the things on your network.

Stuff like what?  Participating customers allow the power company to adjust the thermostat to help with load balancing.  In return, the power companies offer the customers varying incentives.  This is not a security issue.

Beats said:

Happy_Noodle_Boy said:

Beats said:

This scares me. I didn’t know thermostats could be controlled by third-parties. So does everything HomeKit compatible work this way? Geez.

CUChris1981 said:

This is the most absurdly dramatic and sensational article ever written… tampered? Please. Someone was sweating? Rough life.  Someone dehydrating in “unbearable” 78 degree heat? They upped the temp by four degrees… Christ on crutches. Just delete this and try again. So poorly written. 

Wgkrueger said:

Who in the world other than entitled rich people calls 78 degrees unbearably hot? 

Why should we care that entitled rich people are sweating?

This was Texas. Have you not lived in the south or an area with extreme heat? If your AC turns off and you’re in a far room away from the thermostat you’ll start sweating pretty quickly before the thermostat in the living room catches up to the heat. This problem needs to be solved.

This has nothing to do with HomeKit. The thermostats that are in question are connected to the internet and and can be controlled via apps. None of that requires HomeKit. Where I live (in Texas) the utility company will provide you a credit if you buy a qualifying thermostat and as part of getting the credit you grant them access to control the temperature if they need to. None of which has anything to do with HomeKit. 

So if my thermostat is connected via HomeKit 3rd parties can’t access it. Got it. 

Maybe read some of the posts of people in these programs.  You'll gain a better understanding of the topic.  Right now, you're so hung up on Homekit and the "Apple" connection you can't see there isn't an Apple connection at all.  This program, and those like it across the country, is voluntary.  The power company isn't arbitrarily accessing people's thermostats.  In exchange for various incentives, participants give the power company access to their thermostats.   There is no scary 3rd party accessing people's devices without their consent and knowledge.

Homekit and Apple play no part in that process.   Don't let the headline trick you into thinking otherwise.  It seems AI is using click bait headlines more and more often.  I hope it isn't a continuing trend.